GENERAL BIBLE QUIZ

The Fact you should know all about Bible.

1. The Bible was written between
           1450 BC and 100 AD

2. Number of different Authors:
           40

3. The Bible can be read aloud in about how many hours?
           70 hours.

2. Number of books in the Bible? 
            66

3. How many Chapters are there in the Bible?
            1,189

4. How many Verses are there in the Bible?
            31,102

5. How many Words are there in the Bible?
            783,137

6. How many Letters are there in the Bible?
            3,566,480

7. Number of promises given in the bible?
            1,260

8. Number of Commands in the bible?
            6,468

9. Number of predictions over in the bible?
           8,000

10. Fulfilled prophecy in the bible?
           3,268

11. Unfulfilled prophecy in the bible?
           3,140

12. Number of questions  in the bible?
           3,294

13. Number of questions  in the bible?
           3,294

14. Longest chapter in the bible?
           Psalm 119

15. Longest verse in the bible?
           Esther 8:9 (78 words).

16. Shortest chapter in the bible?
           Psalm 117

17. Shortest verse in the bible?
            John 11:35 ( 2 words: “Jesus Wept“)

18. Number of times “God” appears  in the bible?
            3,358

19. Number of times “Lord” or “LORD” appears in the bible?
              7,736

20. Number of languages the Bible has been translated into?
               over 1200

21. How many times The Old Testament refers about Jesus?
              more than 60 times

22. How many quotations are there in The New Testament from Old Testament?
               More than 260 quotations.

23. When did the name Christian first appears in Antioch, Syria?
               About 100 AD

24. When did The Gutenberg Bible was printed?
               In August 1456

25. When did Stephen Langton added the Chapters to Bible?
               1228

26. When did R. Nathan added the verses to the Old Testament?
               1488.

27. When did Robert Stephanus added the verses to the New Testament?
             1551.

28. When did The Geneva Bible was the first Bible with Chapters and Verses?
             1560


29. How many books are there in the Old Testament?
              39

30.  How many books are there in the New Testament? 
              27

31. What is the name of the last book in the Old Testament? 
              Malachi

32. Who is the traditional author of the Gospel of John?
             "the Disciple whom Jesus loved" mentioned in John 21:24, who is understood to be John son of Zebedee.

33. Which is not a synoptic Gospel?
       John.

34. Which was the first Gospel to be written? 
             Mark. Mark’s Gospel was written around AD 65.

35. The New Testament was written only by the original disciples of Jesus- True/False
             False

36. Which prophet ministered to the people of Israel during their exile?
             Ezekiel

37. How long was Jesus’ earthly ministry?
             3Years

38. How many missionary journeys did Paul make?
             3. Paul’s third and final missionary journey ended in Rome, where he was martyred.

39. About how many men wrote the Bible?  
             40

40. What are the Books of Law? (known as Pentateuch) 
            First five books. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy  

41. What are the historic books in Old Testament ?  
            12 books - Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. 
             

42. What are the poetic books in Old Testament? 
            5 books -  Job ,  Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

43. What are the books of Major Prophets? 
            5 books -    Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel 

44. What are the books of Minor Prophets?  
             12 books - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,  Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

45. Time between book of Malachi and Gospel of Mathew is called?
              Dark age.

46. What are the Gospels? 
             4 books -  Matthew, Mark, Luke and  John  

47. What is the historic book in New Testament?
           1 book -   Acts of Apostles.

48. What are the Pauline Epistles?  
         14 books - Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon and Hebrews


49. What are the general books (Letters)?
          James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2, & 3 John and Jude

50.  Which is the prophetic book in New Testament?  
           1 book - Revelation 

51. Which are known as the prison epistles?

                4 books  Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon

53. Which is known as the queen of epistles?

              The epistle to the Ephesians

54. Origin of the word Bible

           The English word "Bible" comes from bíblia in Latin and bíblos in Greek

55. How many years it took for the compilation of Bible?

                Around 1,500 years.
56. Author of the book of Acts?
                Luke
57. How many letters were written by Paul?
                13 
                           Romans 
                           Philippians 
                           I Timothy
                           I Timothy
                           I Corinthians
                           II Corinthians
                           Colossians
                           Titus
                           I Thessalonians
                           II Thessalonians
                           Philemon
                           Galatians

                           Ephesians
               +1    (Hebrew)
58. Books written by Luke?
                 Gospel of Luke and the Acts of Apostles.
59. Books written by John?
               Gospel of John,
               I John,
               II John,
               III John,
               Revelation.

60. Old Testament written in what language?
              Mainly written in Hebrew, with some portions (notably in       Daniel and Ezra) in Aramaic

61. What language is the New Testament written in?


             The mainstream consensus is that the New Testament was          written in a form of Koine Greek, which was the common              language of the Eastern Mediterranean from the Conquests of          Alexander the Great (335–323 BC) until the evolution of                  Byzantine Greek (c. 600).

62. Why was the New Testament written in Greek and not                      Aramaic?

             Aramaic even became the common language spoken in              Israel in Jesus' time, and it was likely the language He spoke            day by day. Some Aramaic words were even used by the                Gospel writers in the New Testament. The New Testament,            however, was written in Greek. ... So the New Testament              authors wrote in Greek.


                       




Did you know

BCE and CE   
BCE- Before the Common Era
 CE - Common Era,   

Replaces 
BC : Before Christ  to BCE- Before the Common Era
AD :  Anno Domini,( in the year of the Lord) to CE - Common Era